We Were Wrong About How Much Your Genes Shape Your Lifespan : ScienceAlert
Putting aside the risk of an early grave by accident or injury, your genes may have a much…
‘Zombie’ Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells : ScienceAlert
‘Zombie’ coronavirus fragments not only help drive inflammation in long-COVID, but also destroy our immune cells. A recent…
Surgeons Kept a Man Alive With No Lungs For 48 Hours. Here’s How. : ScienceAlert
In a remarkable act of life preservation, surgeons were able to keep a critically ill man alive for…
Sun Fires Off 4 Powerful Flares as More ‘Exciting Activity’ Is Forecast : ScienceAlert
The Sun has unleashed a quartet of strong solar flares, which could herald a wild week of space…
Semaglutide Pill Shows Heart Benefits in One Key Group, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Taking oral semaglutide may reduce heart-related hospitalizations and deaths among those with a history of heart failure and…
Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery : ScienceAlert
Around 10 percent of people who take statins to lower cholesterol experience mysterious muscle pains, causing many to…
Study Reveals a Turning Point When Men’s Heart Attack Risk Accelerates : ScienceAlert
Screening for heart attack risk should be happening earlier for men, according to a new study that found…
250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing : ScienceAlert
Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear…
Missing Link Between Parkinson’s Protein And Damage to Brain Cells Discovered : ScienceAlert
An investigation by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in the US has filled in…
A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer’s Proteins, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert
There’s still so much we don’t know about Alzheimer’s disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening…
Expired Cans of Salmon From Decades Ago Preserved a Huge Surprise : ScienceAlert
Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past…
Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life’s Origins : ScienceAlert
Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of…